The Future of Operational Excellence according to Industry Expert Greg Kinsey
Greg Kinsey, Industry Expert, shares his view on the Future of Operational Excellence and the new role of Lean Six Sigma – and how you can be part of it.
A Quality Career: Dr Rozzeta Dolah Part 1
To celebrate Minitab’s support of the recent International Conference on Teaching Statistics in Kyoto, Japan, we sat down with Dr Rozzeta Dolah, whose career and work in statistics and engineering has taken her to her native Malaysia, to Japan and then the USA where she is currently working at MIT.
Guest Post: Location Matters – Data Mining Research to Enhance Accuracy, Benefit Future Studies
Research institutions and museums seek to provide the most accurate data possible to record the past and choose where to explore in the future. Modeling the accuracy of data is essential and nailing down geographical locations of specimen samples as exactly as possible is vital to do it effectively.
Guest Post: It’s Tough to Make Predictions, Especially about the Future (even with Machine Learning)
At its core, all Machine Learning algorithms follow a two-part process. First a sequence of increasingly complex functions is fit to part of the data (training data set). Then each model in the sequence is evaluated on how well it performs on the data that was held out (the holdout set).
Guest Post: How quickly and effectively can you drive to a solution?
Deductive logic has been used for millennia to describe the natural world. With the explosion of data availability and machine learning, some suggest inductive reasoning will make deduction obsolete – the end of science. An approach that supports learning and drives toward a solution involves both.
Beyond the Hype: Machine Learning for Manufacturing Performance
Machine learning utilizes analytical data to discover insights that can create a more efficient manufacturing process and solve problems in a matter of seconds. These tools can be used in countless constructive ways in the manufacturing industry.
Guest Post: Predictive Analytics Accelerates Problem Solving
Adam Russell, Global Operations Master Black Belt explains how Tate & Lyle deploys Continuous Improvement (CI) tools, including Minitab and Salford Predictive Modeler (SPM), to challenging engineering and manufacturing problems.
Concluding Our Golf DOE: Time to Quantify, Understand and Optimize
Last week on The Minitab Blog, we used Minitab Statistical Software to review analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and blocking variables in our ongoing design of experiment (DOE) on how to get the longest drive in your golf game. Now let’s finish it. We’re ready to review and present our results.
Vive la France! World Cup Bar Chart and Pie Charts Show Where Reader Loyalty Lies by Country and Industry
The World Cup has finally concluded with France becoming champion for the second time. Previously we polled The Minitab Blog readers on who they thought would win. Now, it’s time to look at the results and see how many of our readers have the ability of Nostradamus (Did I mention he’s French?).
ANCOVA and Blocking: 2 Vital Parts to DOE
Previously in our Minitab designed experiment on driving the golf ball as far as possible from the tee, we tested our four experimental factors and determined how many runs we needed to produce a complete data set. Now let’s analyze the data and interpret the covariates and blocking variables.